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Re: [TCML] fused Variac



Thanks, Ralph!

I've always wondered how the "shorted turn" problem was resolved in Variacs.

-Phil LaBudde"

	Should add that the brushes are carbon, not graphite [at least on all the variacs I've seen].  Extra resistance reduce short circhit current when the brush bridges two turns.

Ed


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